Institutions are taking the time to be more cautious about allowing organizations to hold events on their campus following this past weekend’s horrific scene in Charlottesville, Virginia. They’re specifically thinking twice about welcoming known white supremacists – finally. Texas A&M was being set up as the next battleground of racism and anti-racists during a scheduled […]
For many of us, LeVar Burton and Reading Rainbow are one in the same. The familiar face hosted the PBS staple from 1983 to 2006 and introduced generations of children to stories they’d carry into adulthood. Today, he’s continuing that legacy with a podcast entitled LeVar Burton Reads. While the effort is definitely commendable, it doesn’t come without […]
By Law Ware It should have worked. In theory, a film about a city on edge that erupts into violence because of police brutality should inspire conversations and think pieces about how little things have changed in the 50 years since the incident being represented. We could be discussing how the film shows the historical […]
**Trigger warning: this article makes mention of death by suicide** Gabriel Taye, 8, hanged himself in his home after being bullied by students. His parents are now suing the Cincinnati school district for not acting on the bullying that led to his suicide. Security footage shows Gabriel falling unconscious in a school bathroom after talking […]
As NFL training camps get started, teams are starting to get a feel for what their final 52-man rosters will look like once the regular season kicks off. This is the time of year where players are cut, replaced, traded and then some for teams to get what they feel is the best group possible. […]
The views on same-sex marriage and support of the LGBTQ community may change drastically depending on where you go. Many countries are moving towards a progressive future where people are allowed to openly love who they want. But many others are standing firm in their beliefs rooted in homophobia, like Haiti. NewNowNext reports that Haitian […]
The Department of Justice is squaring up to take on a major policy – affirmative action.Â
Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) has introduced a bill to Congress that would be an uphill battle under any administration, not considering the current one. Booker’s bill would legalize marijuana on a federal level and work to undo the decades of harm and wasted funds spent on the war on drugs in the U.S.Â
We’re in a weird political moment. In the past two weeks, three senior Trump administrative officials have left their posts and Anthony Scaramucci, the newly appointed (and swiftly fired) White House communications director went on a profane rant about his White House colleagues.
Aries Clark, 16, was shot and killed by Arkansas police outside of an emergency youth shelter. No one has said why Clark was shot, or even why police were called to the scene, but Clark died hours after the incident at a local hospital.Â
Police Officer Mohamed Noor in Minneapolis has been using his constitutional right to remain silent following the fatal shooting of Justine Ruszczyk, forcing many to turn elsewhere for answers as to what happened.Â
One of the reasons that the United States has such a disproportionately high prison population is that a lot of people just can’t afford to avoid jail once they are accused of a crime. Although it’s law in most states that judges should set bond that defendants can actually afford, this isn’t often the case. Cook […]
